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Letters Patent No. 100,623, dated .March 8, 1870.

Han- IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-GATES.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and making part: of thesame.

Toall whom it ana/y concern.:

`Be it known that I, MAnsHAL Hays, of Fostoria, in the county ofjSeneca,andin the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Water-Gates; and'do hereby declare that the followingisa fnll,.c1ear, and exact description thereof, lreterence'being hadtothe accor'npanyingV drawings and to the letters of .reference markedthereon, making a .part of this specification. i i

The nature of myinvention jconsists in the'constru tion and arrangementof a water-gate which will rise and fall withthe rise andvfall of thewater, and at all i times present an obstruction above the surface ofthe waterfor preventing cattle from passing through.

In order to enable others skilled in Jthe art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed `to describeitsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed diawings,,whichrep- 'resent a front-view of my gate.

. A A represent' two fence or gate-posts, placed one. Aon each side of astream, andfconnected at their upperends by. means of a bar or beam', B.

''lo the under side of theb'ar 1,3', between the posts A A, is hinged aboard,0,fin such amanher that itz,

can swing in eitherl direction.

. l .'To the lower edgeof the board G is, in like manner, hung ,anotherboard, and so on as many as may be necessary., f I i To the under sideof the last board is Vhiing a square .ban D, to make the gate heavy."

and always keeps on the surface ofthe water, so as to present anobstacle for cattle, 85e. Y

lam aware that a iiexible water-gate is not new. 4Having thus fullydescribed my invention,

tels Patent, isf-f' l A l l"'llie herein-described flexible water-gate,formed of the boards C C and weighted boardfD,.when they are connectedtogether by the ilatmetal plates D', having lperforations at each end,through which pass` the rings X, whereby thegate may operate ill eitherdirection, Vas herein set forth.

, In' testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my handthis 26th day of August, 1869. MARSHAL HAYS.

Witnesses: JOHN BUCK,

JosIAn M. Davxi..

What I-cla'ini' as new, and desire to secure by Let-

